Saturday, August 19, 2017

New Commission: The Jackal

Hey Everyone!We've just completed a guitar we built for Paul, a long time customer of ours. We worked very closely with him to bring his ideas to life. All the shapes, woods and specs were all chosen by him and he's dubbed it the "Jackal". Some incredible woods in this build and a pair of custom etched Bare Knuckle Pickups to boot! Specs at the bottom of the post.

Body

Maple Core

Spalted Maple Top

Spalted Hornbeam Back

Neck

Bolt on joint

9 Piece - Maple, Sapele & Wenge

Fretboard

2 Piece "Zen" - Bocote & Ebony

MOP with Abalone Top Inlay

Luminlay® Fret Marker Dots

25.5" Scale Length

24 Stainless Steel Frets (Medium/Jumbo)

Hardware

Gotoh® Black Nickel SG381-MGT Locking Tuners

Gotch® Black Nickel 510 Tremolo Bridge

Rosewood, Ash, Black Korina & Luminlay® Knobs

Graphtech® Black TUSQ® Nut

Straplocks

2 way Truss Rod

Electrics

Bare Knuckle Pickups® PG Blues (Neck)

Bare Knuckle Pickups® Aftermath (Bridge)

Bare Knuckle Pickups® Tyger Covers with Custom "Jackal" Etching

2x 500k CTS Volume Pots

2x 500k CTS DPDT Tone Pot (Coil Split)

Switchcraft® Output Jack

Switchcraft® 3 Way Toggle Switch

Kill Switch

Finish

Partial Resin Gloss & Partial Cellulose Satin Top

Cellulose Satin Sides and Back

Satin Cellulose Headstock Faceplate

Tung Oil Neck

We wish Paul the very best with his new guitar and hope it brings him many years of fine service! If you like what you see then be sure to follow us on all the social medias - Facebook, Twitter & Instagram. You can also check out our main website HERE.